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Testimony of Dov Albert Shumer, born in Sanok, Poland in 1934, regarding his experiences in Sambor, Rogatin, the Ural region, Krasnoyarsk and more

Testimony
Testimony of Dov Albert Shumer, born in Sanok, Poland in 1934, regarding his experiences in Sambor, Rogatin, the Ural region, Krasnoyarsk and more Family life in Sanok; his father is an infantry officer in the Polish Army; escape to Sambor and Rogatin; deportation to the Ural region; labor of his father in cutting down trees; description of life; escape to Krasnoyarsk in 1942; escape to Kazakhstan; life in Dzhambul; attending a Russian and Polish school; receiving news regarding the uprising in the Warsaw Ghetto; arrival of US trucks with food; repatriation to Katowice; transfer to Zabžė with the help of the Bericha organization; transfer to Vienna; life in the Rothschild hospital DP camp; activity in the Gordonia movement in 1950; aliya to Israel; rehabilitation
item Id
13440341
First Name
Albert
Dov
Last Name
Shumer
Date of Birth
27/12/1934
Place of Birth
Sanok, Poland
Type of material
Testimony
Language
Hebrew
Record Group
O.3 - Testimonies Department of the Yad Vashem Archives
Date of Creation - earliest
30/04/2019
Date of Creation - latest
30/04/2019
Name of Submitter
שומר דב אלברט
Original
YES
Interview Location
ISRAEL
Connected to Item
O.3 - Testimonies gathered by Yad Vashem
Form of Testimony
Video